Canada: Extended Date For Rural Northern Immigration Pilot Has Expired

10 Apr 2019

Community Requirements for Rural & Northern Immigration Pilot:

Communities need to:

• Have a 50,000 population or less and be located minimum 75km from the Census Metropolitan core Area, OR
• Have a 200,000 population and be counted remote from other bigger cities, as per the Index of Statistics Canada Remoteness.
• Have job openings.
• Have a development plan for the economy.
• Have a regional economic development group that can direct your community pilot.
• Help settle the current immigrants in the community.
• Possibilities to connect immigrants with the established community members.
• Access to essential services like Housing, Education, and Health care
• Communities need to have support letters from:

1. The local leaders of municipality  AND
2. A regional or local immigrant-serving company.

The entire application includes:

• A form of Community Interest  (available on the Canadian government website).
• A plan of economic development was written in the past 3 years.
• A support letter from the municipal leader
• A support letter from a regional or local organization for immigrant-serving